Former Hearts and Invernessmanager John Robertson has been approached about the possibility ofcoaching the national side of Liberia.

The 44-year-old has been working as a pundit for BBC Scotland since losing his job at Derry City in December 2007.

Robertsontold BBC Scotland he was not discounting the offer but needed moredetails before agreeing a face-to-face meeting with the Liberians.

The approach came through an agency based in Ireland.

Robertson,capped 16 times for Scotland, is best known for his long associationwith Hearts, where he remains the Edinburgh club's record goalscorer.

However,his managerial return to Tynecastle, following a successful spell withInverness, turned sour in May 2005 after just seven months in the hotseat.

After a short spell at Ross County, Robertsontook the helm for 14 months at Livingston but was sacked after asequence of poor results.

In the summer of 2007, hemade the switch to the League of Ireland and helped steer Derry Cityaway from relegation trouble and won the FAI League Cup.

But it was to be another short reign and a new board of directors removed him at the end of the year.

Robertsonwas disappointed to miss out on a return to Inverness in January,having been in charge when the Highlanders first won promotion to theScottish Premier League in 2004.

The Liberia FootballAssociation has confirmed to BBC Sport that they have a shortlist ofpossible candidates for the post but refused to say who they areconsidering.

Liberia have been without a coach sinceGerman Antoine Hey stepped down in February in order to take over theKenyan national team.

The Lone Star failed to reachthe final round of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup ofNations after finishing bottom of their group in the previous roundwith just three draws from six matches.